I am hoping here to speak about many things. Mostly I want to talk about agency; my own discomfort in feeling I know things that people have experienced in a way I could never understand, but also the disregard for people’s stories which we see reproduced in mainstream news, where human activity is condensed into catch phrases. These ideas are reinforced by the statements and … Continue reading The World at the Fucked Moment
Photo: From 1975 via Yahoo From Summer, slowly uploading… Long day of getting hustled… The ticket only covers the back section, extra for the front. Every rich suck-up and their kids are all spread out and sticky for some mild entertainment – come late and leave early – A field full of arsenal fans. At these prices I should get to walk wherever I want. … Continue reading Dylan Plays the Blues
Two punks, hands dug into pockets, wordless and slow moving – the train pulling in and the doors attacked, flies to the corpse. Hanging back in time I let them… I don’t pay my way but still get there – Rising stink of grass and rain, we get shovelled out onto the pavement all in totally different places. I feel the buzz from the second … Continue reading #16 Long Night
“Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.” George W Bush address to a joint session of Congress and the American people 20 sept 2001 “Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism” Noam Chomsky 9/11 (2001) Throughout history, emotions have played a key role in shaping … Continue reading On State Terrorism and Terrorist States
I used to think that the history of the internet began with people like Tim Berners-Lee; plucky tech nuts with an innocent, grass roots passion for technological advancement. There are many such stories in internet folk-lore that would have us think that the internet is a Utopian entity; one where democracy, ingenuity and equality prevail, a fresh start for the new post-war batch of humanity … Continue reading Surveillance Valley Review Or: How We Should Learn to Start Worrying and Loathe the Internet
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